PMS stands for Premenstrual Syndrome. It is a syndrome that usually occurs in women from seven to fourteen days before the onset of menstruation. However, it stops soon after periods begin.
2. Drink Herbal Tea Drinking herbal tea reduces water retention, bloating, inflammation, nausea etc. According to research certain elements in this natural organic herbal tea helps in reducing most of the premenstrual symptoms.
3. Vitamin Supplements Vitamins such as Calcium, Magnesium, Vitamin E and Vitamin B6 all of these taken regularly but with physicians advice, have known to decrease symptoms like fluid retention, bloating and breast tenderness.
4. Dietary Changes By eating smaller meals, reducing intake of salty foods, and including fresh fruits and veggies in your diet will greatly help in reducing your PMS discomfort.
5. Moderate Exercise and Yoga Moderate exercises and especially some yoga poses help a great deal in dealing with PMS. Yoga poses such as child’s pose, upward facing dog’s pose, bow pose and modified wide-angle pose gives you the much needed relief.
6. Medication Alprazolam, Fluoxetine (Prozac), GnRH, and Spironalactone are oral drugs, taken under medical supervision are known to help in PMS.
7. Take a warm bath Taking a hot water bath relaxes your muscles and studies have also shown that just a few minutes of a warm water bath will increase the serotonin levels!